The departures proceed at Melbourne Metropolis, with defender Curtis Good the newest stalwart to announce he’ll depart on the finish of membership’s A-League finals marketing campaign.
A day after skipper and the A-League’s all-time main goalscorer Jamie Maclaren confirmed he was set to half methods with Metropolis, Good adopted go well with, with the 31-year-old centre-back additionally leaving to “purse a possibility” abroad.
“As a Melbourne boy, it’s been a privilege to signify this membership for so long as I’ve,” stated Good, who has made a club-record 179 appearances for Metropolis, 25 of which got here when the crew was often known as Melbourne Coronary heart.
“The membership has performed an enormous function in shaping me each on and off the pitch.
“My teammates, the workers and our followers have had a long-lasting affect on me.”
Good, who has two Socceroos caps, had two stints with the Melbourne membership, and in addition had spells within the UK with Newcastle United, Bradford Metropolis and Dundee United.
Metropolis’s director of soccer Michael Petrillo praised Good – who gained an A-League championship and three premierships with the membership – for getting back from a critical hip harm that “considerably affected his earlier profession”.
“He has gone on to grow to be if not one of the best, among the best, defenders the A-League has seen,” Petrillo stated.
“He’s performed an integral half in our males’s crew’s success … together with his persistence, consistency, defensive intelligence and power within the contest actually standing out.
“As a homegrown boy who began his profession with us, he’s all the time been universally liked by our followers and equally revered by his friends.”
Metropolis meet arch-rivals Melbourne Victory in an elimination ultimate on Sunday at AAMI Park.
